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| ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES (ABG'S) |
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| BLOOD TEST THAT DETERMINES CARBON DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN SATURATION, PH, AND OTHER IMPORTANT PARAMETERS OF RESPIRATION AND OXYGEN PERFUSION. |
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| AREAS OF OVERDISTENTION IN THE LUNG TISSUE. |
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| A SYSTEM OF REMOVING AIR FROM THE THORACIC CAVITY AND RESTORING NEGATIVE PRESSURE SO THAT THE LUNGS CAN EXPAND PROPERLY AFTER THORACIC SURGERY OR TRAUMA TO THE CHEST WALL. |
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| THE MOLECULAR PASSAGE OF OXYGEN ACROSS THE ALVEOLI AND INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. |
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| A PUS-FILLED AREA OF THE LUNG. |
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| THE ACT OF BREATHING OUT (EXHALATION). |
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| BLOODY SPUTUM OR BLEEDING ARISING FROM THE RESPIRATORY TRACT. |
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| THE PRESSENCE OF BLOOD IN THE THORACIC CAVITY OR BETWEEN THE PLEURAL SAC AND LUNGS, USUALLY CAUSED BY TRAUMA. |
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| LOWER THAN NORMAL OXYGEN PERFUSION. |
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| THE ACT OF TAKING A BREATH (INHALATION). |
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| THE DISTRIBUTION OF OXYGEN TO TISSUES. |
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| THE PROTOTYPE OF SINGLE-USE, CLOSED CHEST DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INTRODUCED IN 1967. |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE PLEURAL MEMBRANE, USUALLY CAUSED BY INFECTION OR A TUMOR. |
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| AIR IN THE CHEST CAVITY, WHICH PREVENTS THE LUNGS FROM EXPANDING AND MAY DISPLACE THE MEDIASTINAL STRUCTURES. |
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| PUMONARY FUNCTION TESTS (PFT'S) |
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| TESTS PERFORMED TO MEASURE THE FUNCTION AND STRENGTH OF THE PULMONARY SYSTEM. |
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| MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY OF THE THORACIC CAVITY; ALSO REFERRED TO AS VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY OR VATS. |
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| OPEN CHEST SURGERY IN WHICH THE THORACIC CAVITY IS ENTERED; LITERALLY, AN INCISION INTO THE CHEST WALL. |
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| VOLUNTARY CLOSURE OF THE EPIGLOTTIS AND CONTRACTION OF THE INTRAABDOMINAL MUSCLES, WHICH RESULTS IN INCREASED THORACIC PRESSURE. |
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| THE PROCESS OF INFLATING AND DEFLATING THE LUNGS DURING BREATHING. |
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